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22 USC § 285s - Additional subscription to shares; authorization of appropriations 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s285s"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 285s - Additional subscription to shares; authorization of appropriations"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "285s"
section_name: "Additional subscription to shares; authorization of appropriations"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC."
subchapter_number: "XIV"
subchapter_name: "ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–369, § 22, as added Pub. L. 95–118, title V, § 501, Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1068; amended Pub. L. 97–35, title XIII, § 1353, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 745.)"
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# § 285s. Additional subscription to shares; authorization of appropriations

**(a)** The United States Governor of the Bank is authorized to subscribe on behalf of the United States to sixty-seven thousand and five hundred additional shares of the capital stock of the Bank: *Provided, however*, That any subscription to additional shares shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

**(b)** In order to pay for the increase in the United States subscription to the Bank provided for in this section, there are authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation $814,286,250 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–369, § 22, as added Pub. L. 95–118, title V, § 501, Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1068; amended Pub. L. 97–35, title XIII, § 1353, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 745.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1981—Subsec. (a).  substituted “effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts” for “made only after the amount required for such subscription has been appropriated”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except that any funds authorized to be appropriated shall not be available for use or obligation prior to , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective , except that no funds authorized to be appropriated by this section may be available for use or obligation prior to , see , set out as a note under .